Tamar Donkey Sanctuary

Analysis

Tamar Donkey Sanctuary is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cornwall. It was registered in September 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animals, which this site groups under animals. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Tamar Donkey Sanctuary reported income of £23k and spending of £23k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £17k to £23k (+32%), an average of +7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 121%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Tamar Donkey Sanctuary sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dispensario Portugues de Saude a Animais (£23k), The Shropshire Sheep Breeder Association and Flock Book Society (£23k) and Acres Way Trust (£23k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.